Case Filing Against Meta

Lieff Cabraser and Protectus Law Announce Filing of Lawsuit on Behalf of Utah Teen with Anorexia Against Instagram/Meta/Facebook

The lawsuit challenges Meta/Instagram's exploitative platform features, which it alleges were developed and honed to take advantage of developmental vulnerabilities in young users' brains; "We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls," notes Instagram's own internal report.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On September 1, 2022, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP and Protectus Law filed a federal injury lawsuit in Utah on behalf of Mandy and Douglas Westwood and their minor daughter, B.W., a teen Instagram user, alleging that Instagram/Meta/Facebook's Instagram platform is designed to hook young users like B.W in a manner that endangers their health and welfare, leading B.W. and many others to suffer from severe eating disorders such as anorexia.

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